Prince Daniel of Saxony
| Prince Daniel Timo | |
|---|---|
| Born |
23 June 1975 Duisburg |
| Spouse | Sandra Scherer (m. 2011) |
| Issue | Princess Anna-Catharina Prince Gero |
| House | Wettin |
| Father | Prince Ruediger of Saxony |
| Mother | Astrid Linke |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Prince Daniel Timo of Saxony, Duke of Saxony (German: Daniel Timo Prinz von Sachsen, Herzog zu Sachsen; born 23 June 1975) is the oldest son of Prince Ruediger of Saxony, a disputed Head of the Royal House of Saxony.
Prince Daniel was born in Duisburg, Germany. His mother was Astrid Linke (1949–1989) a commoner who committed suicide. He was raised in West Germany (Stein-Wingert), not returning to Dresden until well after the Berlin Wall came down.
After his secondary school exams he joined the army. He then studied business economics at Aachen for six semesters. He also trained in forestry and in 2003 together with his father Prince Ruediger he founded the Wettinische Forstverwaltung (Wettin Forest Service). Currently he works in the family business and organises exhibitions at one of the family palaces, Moritzburg Castle (which was the acclaimed baroque "hunting lodge" for ancestor Frederick Augustus the Strong or August der Starke in German).
Since 2004 he has been a member of the municipal council of Moritzburg and the Meissen Kreis for the CDU party.
Before 2002, for a year, he was engaged to singer Christina Linhardt (a couple songs allude to their affair on her CD "Circus Sanctuary"). In 2011 he married Sandra Scherer, a scientist, and on 13 January 2013 they welcomed their first child, a baby girl named Anna-Catharina Sophie, His hobbies include hunting, culture, art, new media, computers, Internet (he built the website for his family), history of Saxony and politics. and in 2015 the first son, named Gero Friedrich Johann. He is also a golfer and a founder of the Wettiner Golf Cup.
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